Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll 1-26-26

by Jan 26, 2026Coaches Poll, Preps Girls Basketball

Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll 1-26-26
Photo Credit: Christian Naujokaitis

Each week during the Nebraska high school girls basketball season, select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class and our Tony Chapman compiles the rankings. Here is the sixth in-season poll for the 2025-26 season. Records are through games played on Saturday, January 24. 

Class A (Record), Previous 

  1. Omaha North (13-3), 2 
  2. Lincoln North Star (14-1), 1
  3. Millard West (12-3), 3
  4. Kearney (14-1), 4 
  5. Omaha Westside (14-5), 5
  6. Millard North (11-4), 6
  7. Omaha Westview (12-5), 8 
  8. Lincoln High (11-3), 10
  9. Lincoln Southwest (10-4), 7
  10. Lincoln Northeast (9-4), 9

Receiving Votes: none. 

Class B (Record), Previous

  1. Bennington (18-0), 1
  2. Norris (14-2), 2
  3. Lincoln Pius X (13-2), 3
  4. Gretna East (10-5), 4
  5. Blair (10-4), 5
  6. Beatrice (11-3), 8 
  7. Elkhorn North (6-8), 9
  8. Sidney (11-3), 6
  9. Gretna (10-5), 7
  10. Omaha Skutt Catholic (9-8), 10

Receiving Votes: Waverly (7-7), RV. 

Class C-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Milford (16-1), 1
  2. Lincoln Christian (14-1), 2
  3. Malcolm (15-1), 3
  4. Gothenburg (13-2), 4
  5. Ogallala (14-1), 5
  6. Central City (16-2), 6
  7. O’Neill (14-2), 7
  8. Holdrege (14-3), 9 
  9. Fort Calhoun (14-1), 8
  10. Omaha Nation (13-1), 10

Receiving Votes: Raymond Central (12-3), RV. 

Class C-2 (Record), Previous

  1. Pender (16-1), 1
  2. Elkhorn Valley (16-0), 2
  3. Oakland-Craig (16-2), 3
  4. Alma (16-1), 4
  5. Guardian Angels CC (14-3), 5
  6. Hastings St. Cecilia (15-1), 7 
  7. Crofton (14-4), 8
  8. Elmwood-Murdock (13-2), 6
  9. Centura (15-2), RV
  10. Thayer Central (14-2), RV

Receiving Votes: Sandy Creek (13-2), 9; Yutan (10-3), 10.

Class D-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Bloomfield (15-0), 1
  2. Maywood-Hayes Center (15-1), 2
  3. Howells-Dodge (13-3), 3
  4. Elm Creek (13-3), 4
  5. Amherst (13-4), 5
  6. Tri County (12-5), 6
  7. Overton (14-2), 8 
  8. Arapahoe (14-2), 9
  9. EPPJ (13-3), 7
  10. Central Valley (15-1), RV 

Receiving Votes: Bancroft-Rosalie (12-5), 10; Sutton (12-4), RV.

Class D-2 (Record), Previous

  1. Dundy County-Stratton (15-0), 1
  2. Falls City Sacred Heart (11-5), 2
  3. Archangels Catholic (12-6), 4 
  4. Cambridge (12-3), 5
  5. Red Cloud (12-2), 3
  6. Silver Lake (12-2), 6
  7. Wynot (9-8), 8 
  8. McCool Junction (11-3), 7
  9. Paxton (11-4), 10
  10. Mullen (10-4), RV

Receiving votes: Santee (9-6), RV. 

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